Tuesday, February 28, 2017

A rare and great game in its original box is always a lovely thing to have lying around, and it does seem that this Castlevania Bloodlines (Sega Genesis)eBay auction can indeed get you a lovely boxed game of the sort. A wonderful 16-bit Konami offering that's brilliant for both lying around, and actually playing.

Friday, February 24, 2017

Straight from France, this Sega Mega DriveeBay auction for a PAL, European version of Sega's 16-bit console comes complete in its lovely box. That is, it comes complete with its manual, two controllers, PSU, cables, and a boxed copy of the Mega Games I cartridge featuring a 3 games multicart with all three manuals. Said games are Super Hang On, World Cup Italia, and Columns.

Seller ships to the Americas, Asia, European Union, Australia, and Switzerland.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

A rather infamous port, but quite the collectible you can easily grab via this Mega Man (MS-DOS)eBay auction. The game comes in its box with leaflets, and 5.25" floppy disk, but is missing the 3.5" disk. Also, you'll get to match your metal against the evil of Dr. Wily (not Willy) on a vintage IBM compatible PC.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

A wonderful, powerful, and very sleek console that got itself a decent number of excellent games, SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color is a lovely 16-bit handheld, and another casualty of Nintendo's all dominating GameBoy series. Also, here's a nice Neo Geo Pocket ColoreBay auction for a boxed, working, Blue Edition unit. It comes with a Sonic Pocket Adventure cartridge.

Monday, February 20, 2017

Disney's wonderful and ridiculously imaginative 16-bit platformer for the Sega Genesis, Castle of Illusion (starring Mickey Mouse!), is one of the best games on the platform regardless of genre, and probably one of the best looking offerings of the era. Oh, and you can bid on it via this Castle of Illusion (Sega Genesis)eBay auction for a boxed copy with manual.

Friday, February 17, 2017

If you are interested in a modded, imaginatively maintained Atari Falcon computer, this Atari Falcon 030eBay auction should be of interest. The machine comes with 4MB of RAM, a 2GB flash HDD, the FPU co-processor, a new PSU, and a working disk drive. It seems to be working fine, and, as all Falcon units, is quite a rarity.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

A classic and mighty fine classic RTS, yet also a gloriously silly game with tons of excellently cheesy FMVs, Westwood's Red Alert has somehow managed to age gracefully. A copy of the thing has also managed to preserve itself finely in its hefty, rich box and re-appear over at this Red Alert (PC)eBay auction. The game on offer comes with manual, catalogs, CDs, leaflets, a postcard, and seems to be complete in its box.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The wonderful and very compact Apple Macintosh Classic computer, an elegant machine with a crisp black & white monitor, is one of my favourite computers of all time. I still haven't managed to grab one, though admittedly this Mac ClassiceBay auction is tempting. The Mac on offer is in fine condition, seems to be working great, and comes with all sorts of goodies including the original stickers, HyperCard, manuals, games, lots of disk, and vintage Apple leaflets.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The legendary, wonderful, and very rare Secret of Mana for the PAL Super Nintendo Entertainment System has appeared on eBay, and -- if you are willing to spend quite a bit -- you should probably have a look and maybe place a bid. The game comes complete with its box, tray, map, manual, and cartridge.

Monday, February 13, 2017

The REAL 3DO was a groundbreaking idea, an impressive console, and an important milestone in the history of gaming, and -- even though it commercially flopped -- it remains a lovely machine to collect for and play on. Also, this 3DOeBay auction provides a fine chance of grabbing a fully working FZ-10 version of the console, 2 controllers, and several games on CD including Panzer General, John Madden Football, and the infamous Rise of the Robots.

Saturday, February 11, 2017

What's the point of having access to Commodore's 32-bit CD-based console when you lack games to play on the thing? Well, there isn't any, and that's why this Castles II (Amiga CD32)eBay auction should be of interest to you CD32 owners. You be getting a great version of an excellent game in its jewel case with its CD & manual, and your console will be very happy indeed.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

As the time has come to almost safely accept Nintendo's Gamecube as a retro machine, here's a Gamecube & Game Boy PlayereBay auction. It includes a silver Gamecube console, the GameBoy Player and its software, two controllers, a power adapter, and composite cables.

And, yes, the Game Boy Player will let you play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance on your TV, allow for some interesting enhancements, unlock special modes in a selection of games, and even let you use your GBA as a controller.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Zenobi, the Balrog-powered indie developer and publisher of wonderful text adventures, is one of my dearest companies ever; it just oozes love and silly humour and whimsy and engrossing adventures. Also, here is a n eBay auction for four Zenobi adventures (ZX Spectrum). The games are Jack The Ripper, The Legacy, Murder Hunt, and Quest For The Holy Something, and they have all been tested, are working, and come with their original instruction sheets and on their original, fully working tapes.

Monday, February 6, 2017

The North American NTSC version of the SNES was both boxier and more subtle in its aesthetic choices than the Japanes/European version of the console, and thus one of the most traditionally modern designs Nintendo ever produced. Also, you can own a fully working one complete with two controllers and the Super Mario World cartridge via this SNES auction on eBay.

Friday, February 3, 2017

Designed by Al Lowe and Josh Mandel, Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist was one of Sierra's lesser known but better games. Freddy Pharkas is set in the Wild West, and involves some great writing, lots of very silly humour, excellent VGA graphics, solid puzzles, and lots of vintage medicine. Own it by bidding on this Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (MS-DOS)eBay auction.

You'll be bidding on a boxed copy of the VGA/EGA 3.5" floppy disk version of the game. Included are the disks, manuals, and hintbook.

Seller ships to the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

The Apple II / Apple ][ (if you are into spelling things the weird-yet-popular way) got its second enhanced version in the form of the improved Apple IIe (find out more about it on Wikipedia). It's the exact same computer you could own by bidding on this Apple IIeeBay auction. The fully working 8-bit micro on offer comes with two disk drives, many disks with games, utilities, and promo software, an Apple III monitor, keyboard, Epson printer card, and 128k of RAM.